01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC021800
- Status
- Not Submitted
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 8
- Postcode
- EH10 5HF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To provide independent collective advocacy to patients and former patients of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. to promote their human and civil rights, address their concerns and improve their services by facilitating regular group advocacy meetings and by taking these advocacy issues to statutory decison-makers in the hope that they will address their collective concerns. To provide advocacy and human rights-awareness raising training to the citizens of Edinburgh and to produce research and policy to support all the above activities.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
2.2.1 To promote the rights of patients and ex-patients. 2.2.2 To address concerns raised by patients and ex-patients about services. 2.2.3 To resolve these concerns by working jointly to encourage changes and developments in services with hospital staff and management. 2.2.4 To facilitate the representation of patients' and ex-patients' views and opinions to the hospital, to health service management and to statutory organisations (e.g. MWC), as appropriate. 2.2.5 To act as a link with other patient groups and networks locally and nationally. 2.2.6 To raise awareness of the views of patients and ex-patients and collective advocacy issues at training events, conferences and other forums.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £0 | £0 | 8 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2024 | £132,620 | £109,224 | 8 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £50,653 | £47,191 | 8 | 13 February 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £53,698 | £29,275 | 8 | 16 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £6,717 | £5,453 | 8 | 8 March 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Patients Council, Andrew Duncan Clinic, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.rehpatientscouncil.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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